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LERESIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leresis mean?
• LERESIS (noun)
The noun LERESIS has 1 sense:
1. rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged)
Familiarity information: LERESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("leresis" is a kind of...):
garrulity; garrulousness; loquaciousness; loquacity; talkativeness (the quality of being wordy and talkative)
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